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Title: Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati

Author: Warren C. Herrick

Release Date: October 20, 2008 [EBook #26980]

Language: English

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FRANK NELSON _of_ CINCINNATI

_Writing is the offspring of thought, the lamp of
remembrance, the tongue of him that is far-off, and
the life of him whose age has been blotted out._

--_Anon_

[Illustration]

_Frank H Nelson
of CINCINNATI_

_by_

WARREN C. HERRICK
_a sometime Assistant_

_With A Foreword
by Charles P. Taft_

LOUISVILLE . THE CLOISTER PRESS . MCMXLV

COPYRIGHT, 1945, BY

The Cloister Press

_All rights reserved. No part of this
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_To My Wife_

CONTENTS
Page

1. "Arise, and go into the city" 2

2. Reclaiming A Church to Meet A New Age 14

3. The Shepherd Among His Flock 30

4. The Spokesman of The City's Conscience 42

5. They Came to Be in His Presence 62

6. Beyond Cincinnati 76

7. The Mystery of Personality 88

8. Last Years 102

9. The Afterglow 110

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book is made possible only through the interest and contributions
of the many friends of Frank H. Nelson. Space does not permit my
mentioning by name all who have furnished me with material, but I do
wish to record my gratitude to them. In addition to the years 1925-1928
as Mr. Nelson's assistant I spent two weeks in the autumn of 1943
interviewing a cross-section of Cincinnati and Christ Church. Many
b